Aug 5, 2015
Well we have FINALLY hit the milestone of 2000 likes on our Facebook page! And to celebrate, I put together something a little special for you. Have you ever wanted to have a quiet private conversation with Ray Harris? Would you like to be able to lie alone in the...
Jul 30, 2015
As we near the end of our little tale, Caesar is being granted unprecedented honours, including being declared a GOD and the SAVIOUR of Rome. We also talk a little about the SON OF GOD – Caesarion.
Jul 24, 2015
It’s the beginning of 44 BCE. Caesar is 56. He’s planning to leave in three months to campaign against the Dacians and the Parthians. The Senate and the People bestow upon him unprecedented honours. Yet he remains polite, lenient and generous, even to his...
Jul 17, 2015
Four years of bloody Civil War, with 100,000 Romans dead, all comes down to this place, this day, this battle – The Battle of Munda. Julius Caesar uses his big balls to take on Pompey’s brat sons and his old mate Labienus. According to Plutarch, Caesar...
Jul 10, 2015
Caesar realises that he has to go to Spain in person to deal with Pompey’s two brat sons – Cnaeus and Sextus – and his old bottom bitch Labienus. It quickly turns into a bloody and brutal affair – people are getting slaughtered, beheaded,...
Jul 3, 2015
Our guest this time is James Miller, game theorist and associate professor of economics at Smith College. He invited himself onto the show to talk about game theory and decision theory as they relate to Caesar’s life and Roman history, Republican...
Jun 26, 2015
As dictator, Julius Caesar initiates a sweeping range of political and social reforms that even his enemies have to concede make a lot of sense, including a colonisation program, reforming the grain dole, building a great library, and reforming the calendar.
Jun 19, 2015
Even while the Greatest Party Ever™ is going on, Caesar is getting down to the business of changing the way Rome works – forever. He’s rewarding his supporters with positions in the Senate, forgiving more of his enemies, creating new settlements in far off...
Jun 12, 2015
Well we are back with episode 37 and we’re also back to one hour episodes (more or less). Even though we recorded 3.5 hours today, we’re going to cut them up into three episodes. Listen to the show for an explanation. On this episode, we see Julius Caesar...
May 29, 2015
Our guest on our 16th Consul show is Aussie Sam Wood! Sam is an archaeologist who now is also one of the people behind the Ride And Seek business – they take people on INSANE bike history tours. For example, in July they are following Napoleon’s route...
May 15, 2015
Nearly three hours of mayhem sees Caesar sail to Africa to finish off Metellus Scipio, Labienus, Cato and the rest of the Pompeians.
May 1, 2015
Caesar leaves Cleopatra and Alexandria behind to return to Rome. But before he can deal with Rome, he has to pay some debts, borrow some funds and deal with our old mate Pharnaces, son of Mithridates of Pontus. Meanwhile back in Italy, Mark Antony is getting drunk,...
Apr 17, 2015
Father forgive us, we have sinned! It’s been nearly 4 weeks since our last episode (Ray took his family to Disney World!) but we’re back with 3 1/4 hours of madcap history! We follow Caesar as he puts on his Sherlock cap and follows Pompey to Egypt, only...
Mar 21, 2015
Hang it on your wall to remind yourself! Available at our Zazzle store, along with coffee mugs, t-shirts and other stuff.
Mar 20, 2015
Whew. Another 2.5 hours of mayhem! In this episode, Caesar and Pompey finally face off in the battle to determine the fate of Western civilization. Two men enter – one man leaves! It’s August in 48BCE. Caesar withdraws from Dyrrachium. He arrives at Gomphi...
Mar 6, 2015
Julius Caesar resigns his dictatorship after a mere 11 days in Rome and chases Pompey to Greece! Bibulus blockades half of fleet so Caesar spends a few months trying to secure food supplies. Caesar keeps trying to open negotiations with Pompey but gets nowhere (as...
Feb 25, 2015
Stephen Dando-Collins is the author of many books about Ancient Rome including THE IDES. We had a great chat with him about Caesar’s assassination and the civil war. His other books are also available in audio from Audible. Get your free copy today by using our...
Feb 20, 2015
Barry Strauss is a military historian with a focus on ancient Greece and Rome. Strauss is editor of The Princeton History of the Ancient World, a series of books from Princeton University Press. He sits on the editorial boards of MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military...
Feb 19, 2015
Steven Saylor is a writer of historical fiction centered around the late Roman republic and early empire. He’s been called “a modern master of historical fiction” by USA Today. If you’re new to his work, Steven recommends you start with his...
Jan 30, 2015
This. Show. Is. Insane. 2.5 hours. A crazy opening courtesy of Jessica Robles. More songs than ever. Caesar lays siege to Massalia (modern Marseilles). Then he heads to Ilerda (modern Lleida) in Spain. Did it rain? Yes. A lot. He fights against Pompey’s legions....
